(WWJ) -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday vetoed a series of Republican-sponsored legislation that would have toughened in-person voter identification rules.
The three bills -- SB 303, SB 304 and HB 5007 – would have enforced strict ID rules when voting, barred election officials from accepting donations and prohibited the secretary of state and clerks from providing absentee ballot applications unless voters specifically request one.
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Whitmer said the bills would disproportionately hurt minority voters who are more likely to lack access to a photo ID on Election Day than white voters.
Although vetoed today, petitions created by a Republican-affiliated ballot committee are currently circulating that could allow the GOP-controlled legislature to enact a similar initiative next year regardless of Whitmer’s opposition.
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